Gregg R Thomas

The Warning – if they can do Enter Sandman, they should give it a go. I think Paulina would get the drum sound right.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
And…finally….one I think will remind you of another band that should try to cover it 🙂

I’m stumped. What third  band are you talking about?

And…finally….one I think will remind you of another band that should try to cover it 🙂

If you don’t know Joanna Connor then check out this cover of a Muddy Waters track.

The Purple Haze cover is great. Have you heard this cover of Voodoo Child?

How about Jimi Hendrix’ Purple Haze string quartet style?

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I think I might have posted this in a previous post but it is one of the best covers (imo).

For many music lovers, the Disturbed version is now the standard version. He takes this classic to a whole new level.

While I put this one up in the thread about The Warning, it didn’t include the original for comparison, so here is The Warning’s version which is not a cover at all. Instead, they deconstructed the song and put it back together differently, including a noticeable tempo change. First, The Warning, then the Metallica…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
Donna Summer’s biggest hit was probably I Feel Love, which had an early electronic music background supplied by Giorgio Moroder.

It was recently voted “top electronic single” in a poll, I can’t remember the magazine that ran it.

It’s got an irresistible groove, that’s for sure.

Unseen wrote:
Donna Summer’s biggest hit was probably I Feel Love, which had an early electronic music background supplied by Giorgio Moroder.

It was recently voted “top electronic single” in a poll, I can’t remember the magazine that ran it.

I think I might have posted this in a previous post but it is one of the best covers (imo).

Donna Summer’s biggest hit was probably I Feel Love, which had an early electronic music background supplied by Giorgio Moroder. The Irish band Ham Sandwich used to perform this song live and it was also on one of their albums. I’m showing a live version. It is about as far from Giorgio Moroder as it’s possible to get. The original follows. If you…[Read more]

@ Simon

Nice, but for some people (like me) who don’t know the original, it’s not a cover, it’s an original. So, let’s also include the original it’s a cover of. I’ll do it for you here:

I really like this version of Chaka Khan’s “Ain’t nobody” by Jasmine Thompson.

One of the better musicological analysts of The Warning dissects one of their best songs.